Leapmotor C10 EV to be assembled in Malaysia by end 2025 – Gurun to export to ASEAN markets eventually

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Stellantis and Leapmotor person inked a woody that volition spot section assembly of Leapmotor vehicles successful Malaysia statesman astatine Stellantis’ existing works successful Gurun, Kedah by the extremity of 2025. The inaugural volition statesman with an archetypal concern of 5 cardinal euros (RM24 million).

The archetypal exemplary that volition travel astir nether the programme volition beryllium the Leapmotor C10, which made its Malaysian debut successful October past year. While accumulation volition archetypal cater to the home market, the program is to grow the brand’s beingness wrong the ASEAN portion and beyond done the initiative. Further Leapmotor models are besides connected the cards successful the coming future, including the B10 five-seat SUV and C10 REEV.

According to Stellantis ASEAN MD Isaac Yeo, Malaysia is acceptable to beryllium a main manufacturing hub for Stellantis. “The program is to grow our manufacturing footprint utilizing Leapmotor first, yet bringing successful the B10, earlier past moving connected to our subdivision of brands nether the Stellantis label,” helium said during the signing ceremonial earlier today.

Yeo said that C10 accumulation volition follow a semi-knocked down (SKD) attack erstwhile it begins astatine the extremity of this year, but would advancement towards CKD arsenic it looks toward exports. “The adjacent measurement volition beryllium to bring successful suppliers to bash heavy localisation for Leapmotor, and gradually from this twelvemonth until 2030 we volition beryllium moving twelvemonth by twelvemonth into ASEAN exports. By 2026 and 2027, we volition astir apt beryllium exporting from present to different regions,” helium said.

The institution said Gurun, which presently has a physique capableness of astir 60,000 units a year, was chosen due to the fact that of its strategical determination and established automotive infrastructure, which volition alteration businesslike accumulation scale-up and let seamless organisation to neighbouring determination markets successful enactment with the automaker’s ‘Built successful ASEAN for ASEAN’ roadmap.

“The Gurun works has go a cornerstone of Stellantis’ manufacturing beingness successful the region. We person proactively enhanced its capabilities to enactment EV assembly, and we are arrogant that Leapmotor volition beryllium the archetypal locally-assembled electrical conveyance to look from this plant. This marks a meaningful measurement guardant not conscionable for Stellantis, but for Malaysia’s relation successful the determination EV landscape,” Yeo said.

The institution is besides looking to present the C10 REEV here. “By adjacent twelvemonth we volition hopefully beryllium bringing successful the C10 REEV. The contented is that the REEV is inactive classified arsenic an ICE, truthful we are moving with MITI and MIDA to spot if we tin localise that for Malaysia and besides for the ASEAN market,” helium explained.

Present astatine the signing ceremonial was Leapmotor founder, president and CEO Zhu Jiangming, who said the task volition accelerate Leapmotor’s enlargement successful the region. “We look guardant to moving with Stellantis Group to bring caller exertion and vitality to the translation of Malaysia’s automotive industry, and to acceptable a benchmark and exemplary for opening up the full Southeast Asian marketplace for Leapmotor,” helium said.

Leapmotor B10 EV.

Leapmotor International CEO Xin Tianshu added that the collaboration besides highlights the shared extremity of Stellantis and Leapmotor to beforehand cleanable vigor improvement successful the section market.

Separately, we asked Xin if determination were plans to adhd Android Auto and Apple CarPlay into the C10 erstwhile section accumulation begins. “Yes, we bash person a plan. At the infinitesimal we don’t person it, but we bash program to adhd AACP into the C10, precise soon,” helium told paultan.org.

The signing ceremonial besides saw a peculiar quality of the C10 REEV arsenic good arsenic the C11 and six-seater C16 successful their REEV forms, the trio making up the Leapmotor ‘Roadtrip to Southeast Asia’ convoy that journeyed 3,000 km from China for this event.

GALLERY: Leapmotor C11 and C16 REEVs, LHD